Receptacle and method of making the same



Sept. 26, 1933- H. KIELBERG ET AL RECEPTACLE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed July 14 1932 p 1933- H. KIELBERG ET AL 3 RECEPTACLE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed July 14, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Sept. 26, 1933 ,7 nnonr'rnotn Ann mnrrnonor MAKING rim SAME Henry Kielbe'rg, Martins Ferry, Ohio, and Thomas P. Parken-Wheeling, Va assignor's to -'Wheeling Steel Corporation, W. Va., a corporation of Delaware Wheeling,

I 7 Application July 14, 1932. Serial No. 622,420 I 4 Claims. (Cl. 220 19) Thepresent invention relates broadly to the art of special receptacles, and more particularly to wire receptacles of the .type adapted to .be utilized for either the retention or burning of refuse materials. i

:It is customary inthe artto which the present invention relatesrto provide receptacles, usually composedof substantially vertically .and substantially horizontally disposed n'iembers secured one 310 to -the otherin suitable manner and of a generally tapered contour for the reception of waste papers and the like to be burned. It has heretofore been customary to fabricate receptacles of this nature on special machines adapted to provide a body. blank of the necessary contour ,toefi'ect a finished .receptacle in the form of a truncatedicone. Suchmachines are of extremely complicated nature and while capable of providing a finished receptacle which is perfectly :29 acceptableto the trade, are open to. objection from the standpoint of initial expense and the cost of upkeep. r i A It is one of the objects of the present invention to provide a receptacleofzthegeneralcharacteristics .hereinbefore described by fabricating the same from a blank in .the form, of a body comprising parallelly .disposed vertically extending members and .parallellyjdisposed horizontally extending members :and thereafter-so ideforming the horizontallyextending members as to give to the initial substantially rectangularbody blank thedesired characteristics for-forming a tapered body. This enables the members of which .the receptacle is fabricated to be secured together by standard mechanismssuch for example as a fencemachine, andthereby increases the potential output and decreases the cost of production. In the accompanying drawings we have shown for purposes of illustration only, a receptacle in v accordance with the present invention, together with a preferred method of making the same. In

the drawings- Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a finished receptacle in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view on the line II-II of Figure 1; I I

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line IIIIII of Figure 1; Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view on the line IV-IV of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is atransverse sectional view on the line V--V of Figure 1;

Figure 6 is a detail view, on an enlarged scale,

0 of a portion of the side wall and bottom; Figure '7 is a side elevational view of a body blank from which-.themainbody ofthe receptacle is formed; 1

Figure 8 is a detail View, on enlarged. scale,

illustrating the manner in whichthe horizontally disposed members are progressively increasingly deformed in accordance withthe invention; and

Figure 9 is a detail sectional view on an enlarged scale along the line 'IX-IX of Figure 1, lookinginthedirection-of thearrows. V

In accordance with the present invention, I

fabricate, on any suitable machine, a bodyzforming portion 2 as indicated in Figure 7 comprising substantially horizontally disposed members 3,1 4, 5, 6 and '7 arranged in substantially ,parallelrela tionship and vertically extending imembers 8 also in substantially parallel relationship; The body blank is conveniently formed by welding the'horizontally'and vertically extending members one to theother at each of their points of intersection'9 and by wrapping the opposite ends 10 of the vertically extendingmembers around the top and bottom horizontally extending members.

The body blank having been thus fabricated, it is subjected to ,adeforming operation,which may be conveniently accomplished by corrugated so rollers, not shown, by hand, or in any. other desired manner, of such nature that the substantially horizontally extendingmember ,4 has slight inwardly extending. offsets ll formedthereinintermediate adjacent vertically extending members 8. The horizontally extending member 5thas similar inwardly extending oifse'ts l2, asshown in Figures, which offsets, however, areslightly greater than-the oifsets in the member l. In like manner the member 6, as shown in Figure his formed with sharper offsets 14 while the bottom member '7 has oiisets 15 of the greatest amount.

In Figure 8 there is illustrated comparatively the construction just described.

By reference to this figure, it will be noted that the top'member 3 is not deformed, but that the offsets 11, 12, 14 and 15 in the members 4, 5, 6 and '7 are of progressively increasing extent. The amount by which the offsets in the successive horizontally disposed members exceeds the ofiset in the next adjacent member therebelow is controlled by the amount of taper which it is desired to impart to the finished receptacle illustrated in Figure 1, it being apparent that as the ofisets are progressively increased in the successive horizontally extending members from the top to the bottom thereof, the average diameter or length of the horizontally extending members is correspondingly shortened.

The deforming operation just described may take place either with the body blank in the form in which it is generally illustrated in Figure 7, or after the projecting end portions of the horizontally extending members have been secured together in some suitable manner, as by welding. In one case the'operation will be effective for shortening the length of the horizontally extending members, while in the other case it will be effective for progressively decreasing the average diameters of the circumferentially extending members. In either case the'vertically extending members 8, which were previously disposed in substantially parallelly extending relationship will be drawn into a gradually converging relationship from the upper portion of the receptacle downwardly. This relationship is clearly illustrated in Figure 1. v

The foregoing operations having been performed, a bottom 16 of suitable construction, and herein illustrated as comprising a wire grille of circular contour may be placed within the receptacle in such manner that it rests on the inwardly directed offsets 14 of the circumferentially extending member 6. Having been located in the manner described, it maybe "secured in position in any desired manner, preferably by welding directly to some or all of the offsets 14. Thereafter, a suitable cover 17, preferably similar to the bottom 16 but of slightly greater diameter may be placed over the receptacle and pivotally secured in position as by a ring 18 extending around the circumferential band of the cover and the top band 3 of the body. This relationship is illustrated in detail in Figure 9.

The receptacle as thus constructed is in the form of a truncated cone with the turned ends 10 and the bottom band '7 constituting a base therefor. The space between the bottom band '7 and the next adjacent band 6 which supports the bottom 16 insures ample room for the access of'combustion air below the bottom 16 which, as will be apparent, serves as a grate, while the remaining portion of the receptacle is available for receiving the matter'to beburned.

The present invention provides both an improved article of manufacture and an improved method of making the same. The inward bending or deforming operation before described provides pockets in each of the .circumferentially extending bands which are more effective for holding the vertically disposed members against displacement. .Also; the offsets 14 in the circumferentially extending band 6 provide a convenient means for supporting a bottom grille or grate in position. 7

Further advantages are inherent in the method which enables a receptacle of the special characteristics referred to to be formed on a fabricating machine of the type utilized for the making of fences without special regard to the tapered contour desired in the finished product, coupled with the deforming step by meansof which the tapered characteristics are imparted.

While we have herein illustrated and described the preferred method and article in accordance with our invention, it will be understood that changes in the construction and relationship of the parts as well as in the contour or cross section of the parts may be made without departing either from the spirit of our invention or the scope of our broader claims.

We claim;

1. As an article of manufacture, a receptacle having the shape generally of a truncated cone, comprising substantially vertically disposed members in downwardly converging relationship, circumferentially disposed members secured circumferential members, said offsets being of increasing extent from the top of the receptacle downwardly.

2. As an article of manufacture, a receptacle comprising substantially vertically disposed members in downwardly converging relationship. circumferentially disposed members thereto, and inwardly extending offsets in the circumferential members, said offsets being of increasing extent from the top of thereceptacle downwardly.

secured 3. As an article of manufacture, a receptacle comprising substantially vertically disposed members in downwardly converging relationship, circumferentially disposed members secured thereto, inwardly extending offsets in the circumi-io ferential-members, said offsets being of increasing extent from the top of the receptacle downwardly, and a bottom resting on the inwardly extending offsets of one of the circumferentially disposed members.

4. As an article of .manufacture, a receptacle HENRY ICIELBERG. THOMAS P. PARKER. 

